( 1 ) THE relevant facts for the decision of this suit are that on 1st May 1969 the petitioner-objector Messrs Punj Sons Private Ltd. , New Delhi, entered into a contract with the claimant Union of India for the supply of 8420 milk containers 20 liters quantity. The containers according to the contract were to be coated with "hot dip tin coating". On 13th May 1969 the petitioner wrote to the Director General of Supplies and Disposals for the issue of quota certificate for tin which is to be used for hot dip tin coating of the milk containers. The petitioner on 2nd June, 1969 addressed a communication to the Director General of Technical Development for the issue of release orders for procurement of tin ingots. The petitioner wrote in the letter that they had a contract with the Director General of Supplies and Disposals for supply of 8420 milk containers of the capacity of 20 litres and for the execution of the said contract 5 metric tonnes of tin ingots were urgently required for hot dip tin coating of the containers. The office of the Director General of Supplies and Disposals recommended to the Director General of Technical Development for the issue of the release